Apparel-hanger-supporting bracket for wardrobe-trunks.



M. STOCKOV.

APPAREL HANGER SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. IQIII.

1 ,285,455, Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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MAX STO'CKOV, OF NEW YORK, l\T -Y.

APPAREL-HANGER-SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR WARDROBE-TRUNKS.

- Spcificatibnof LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 1a, 1918.

Application filed June 10, 1918. Serial No. 239,330.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX SrooKov, a. subject of Russia, residing in theborough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Apparel-Hanger-SupportingBrackets for Wardrobe-Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to supporting brackets for apparel hangersparticularly adapted for use in wardrobe trunks, and it is the object ofthe invention to provide an improved hanger supporting-bracket of thischaracter which is readily adjustable to form a compact structure to beinclosed in the trunk and being adjustable to be withdrawn from thetrunk to extend out from the trunk and support the hangers with'apparelin such position to facilitate the placing of apparel on the hangers andinto the and to provide a hanger support which is novel, simple andcheap in construction and efficient in use.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is. a front elevation of a wardrobe trunk,

partly open and one section of the trunk in section, with my improvedhanger support applied thereto showing in full lines the position of thesupport when the trunk is to be closed, and indotted lines in adjustedposition to facilitate the placing of apparel hangers thereon and removethe same.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hanger support adjustedto position to be withdrawn from the trunk; and

Fig. 3 is. an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the lines 3-3 ofFig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawingw In the drawing I have shown my inventionapplied to a wardrobe trunk consisting as usual of a pair of hingedlyconnected section 4 and 5, the section 5 being provided with a series ofdrawers 6 and the section 4 being arranged to contain apparel carried-by hangers supported by brackets carried in said section of the trunk.

I have shown an embodiment of myinvention in connection with a trunk ofthis character, comprising a .rod 10 having a plate or bracket 11secured at the end and an angle bracket 12 to which the rod is securedsupp adjacent the opposite end and by means of which brackets 11 and 12the rod is secured in fixed positionto the back and side walls of thetrunk section 4. In practice there are two of the hanger supportingbrackets provided, one adjacent each side wall of the trunk section 4,but for thepurpose of convenience of illustration and describing theinvention only one of the brackets is shown.

The hanger support comprises a pair of movably connected sections orbars 14: and 15 whereby the sections may be adjusted to extend at anangle to each other to permit of the inclosing of the saine'in' thetrunk when closed, and adjusted to extend in a direction to form acontinuation of each other to facilitate the placing and removal ofhangers carrying apparel supported upon the ort.

f The bar 14 of the support is in the form of-a channel bar bent up fromsheet metal to substantially U-shape in cross section, as shown in Fig8. This bar is mounted upon the rod 10 with the open side of the channelbar downward whereby the bar is adapted to have longitudinal slidingmovement on the rod, the walls of the channel bar being connected bypins 16 and which also serve as stops to engage with the bracket 12 tolimit the outward movement of the channel bar.,

Secured within the channel portion of the bar 14: at the forward end toextend beyond said end of the bar and laterally or downward thereof isan arm or ear 17 which may consist of a pair of connected and spacedplates, or may be a single piece of metal bent upon itself for a purposeto be hereinafter described. The section ormember 15 is also of channel-shape bent up from sheet metal the same as the bar 14, and is arrangedto straddle the extension 17 at its inner end and pivotally connectedthereto, as at 18, whereby said member 15 is adapted to have movement onits pivot support to move said bar to the position shown infull lines inFig. 1 to permit of the closing of the trunk sections, or to move saidbarto the position tion of the bar 14 there is provided a latch 20"pivotally supported at one end to one side of the pivotal connection ofthe bar sections 14 and 15, as at 21 by theextension 17, said latchbeing arranged to have a part to engag'e'in the channel'portion of thebar 15 and having a notch or recess 22 to engage a pin extendingtransversely .or-said bar;

The free end of the latch is formed with a finger piece 24 to projectfrom the channel portion of the bar whereby to manipulate the latch tofree it from the pin 23 to permit of the moving of the channel barmember 15 to the position shown in full lines in Fi 1. r

'The normal position of the support with the trunk sections in closedposition is as shown in Fig. 1 With the channel bar section 15 of thesupport extending at an angle to and downward from the channel bar 14.As the trunk is opened to remove the hangers with the apparel, thechannel. bar 15 is raised to the position shown in Fig. 2, this upwardmovement being limited by the end or said bar section abutting againstthe end of the bar section 14. During theupward movement or the barsection 15 the latch 20 is movedupward therewith by the engagementthereof with the pin 22, and as the bar-15 reaches the limit of itsupward move ment the latch notch 22 will engage the pin 23 whereby thelatch not only serves as a supporting bracket for said channel barsection 15 but also to retain or look it in such position. In thisposition the hanger sections 14 and 15 may be pulled outward to theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 together with, any hangersthereon by the section 14 moving along the rod 10, any

Weight on said bars, such as hangers with apparel, being taken up by thepins 16 engaging with the rod. To cause the hangers on the channel barsections 14, 15 to move with said bars the barsection 14 has an upwardlyturned flange 26 to serve as a stop for the hangers, and the outer endof the bar 15 also has an upwardly extending flange27v at the outer endin the form of disk carried by a stud secured in the channel portion ofthe bar. To adjust the supporting bracket to close the trunk the bars14, 15 are moved from the dotted line position. in Fig. 1 to theposition shown in Fig. 2, when the latch notch 22 is thrown out ofengagement with the pin 23 by lifting the latch by the finger piece 24,when the bar section 15 may be moved to the full line posit on shown inFig. 1 and in position to permit of the closing of the trunk.

Having thus described ,my invention, I claim: I

l. A hanger support for Wardrobe trunks, comprising a rod arranged tobesupported pose specified.

in fixed position; a pair of pivotally con nected members, one of whichmembers is mounted upon the rod to have longitudinal movement and theother v member adapted to extend in a direction to form a continua-.-tion.vof-the first member and at an angle thereto; and a latchpivotally carried at one end by the first member at one side of thepivotal connection of the members and arranged to cooperatewith theother member to rigidly support it in position to form a continuation orits companion member and releasably retain it in such position.

2. A hanger'support for wardrobe trunks, comprising a rod supported infixed position; a pair of pivotally connected bars of inverted U-shapeincross section mounted upon the rod to have longitudinal movement andarranged to extend at an angle to each other and form a continuation oneof the other; and a. latch pivotally carried by one of said barsandcooperate with the other bar to releasably retain'the bars in positionto form a continuation one of the other for the purpose specified;

3. A hanger support for wardrobe trunks, comprising a rod supported infixed position; a channel bar mounted on therod to have a limitedlongitudinal movement; a

channel. bar pivotally connected to the end of the first channelbarandiarranged to exleasably retain said bar in position toform acontinuation of the first bar for the pur- '4. A hangersupportforwardrobe trunks, comprisinga rod supported in fixed position;-achannel bar mounted on the rod to d have a limited longitudinal movementand having a lateral extension at one end; a channel barmovablyconnected to said lat eral extension of the first bar to extend.at an angle to and. in a direction to form'a continuation of the firstbar; a latch pivotally supported at one end by the lateral extension ofthe one channel bar and the free end arranged to engage in the channelportion of the movable bar and having a notch to engage a pin extendingtransversely of said bar by gravity as said bar is moved Copies of thispatent may be obtained for vfive cents each. by addressing .theCommissioner of Patent; p

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